The High School Dropout Who Made $2B & Bought an NBA Team

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Episode 761: Shaan Puri ( ⁠https://x.com/ShaanVP⁠ ) sits down with Ryan Smith ( https://x.com/ryanqualtrics ) – the high school dropout who built an $8B company and bought an NBA team.

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Show Notes:

(0:00) 1.9 GPA to $2B

(9:47) Starting Qualtrics

(14:02) Focus

(24:00)  How to be top 1% at sales

(26:17) Turning down $500M

(31:37) Working backwards

(3814) Buying an NBA team

(43:51)  The 9 most important minutes of the day

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Links:

• Qualtrics - https://www.qualtrics.com/

• Utah Jazz - https://www.nba.com/jazz/

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